Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Cradle Devon Manney, 14:37

Cradle is an animated short film which focuses on an army veteran’s return home after losing both his arms in Iraq. He has to learn to live with prosthetics and help his wife care for their newborn daughter, but also must adjust to excruciating phantom limb pain.

CREDITS

Written and Directed by Devon Manney.
Produced by Matthew A. Stewart.
Animated by Manney.
Music by Saad Haddad.
Principal cast: Devon Manney, Alexa Nikol Curran, Trevor Larson, Rosie Richards

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Psychology

AWARDS

2016, USC School of Cinematic Arts: Animation Grant

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.